Active said it came top for overall performance in O2’s quarterly league tables and that over the past 10 years, it has achieved year-on-year connection growth of above 20 per cent, a trend it plans to maintain. It declined to provide figures to back up these claims.

As well as mobile, the company offers fixed line, telematics, IT, telephone systems and broadband products and services.

Active Business Communications managing director Mark Boyle said: “To be recognised by O2 as their leading business partner in the UK is a huge achievement.

“This award positions us firmly as one of the leading communications companies in the UK and we look forward to building on this success further in 2014,”